Sport First Aid 5th Edition

This course is a self-paced online course designed to be taken by individual coaches.

Provides high school and club coaches with action steps for the care and prevention of more than 110 sport-related injuries and illnesses. With Sport First Aid, you will be prepared to make critical decisions and respond appropriately when faced with medical emergencies.

Organizations Requiring or Recommending This Course

If you're looking to take this online course to satisfy an educational requirement for a particular organization and your organization does not appear in the drop down menu, it means that your organization has not adopted online courses as meeting its educational requirements, and you should not purchase the online version of the course. To view your organization's requirements and a list of ASEP courses that meet those requirements, visit Partner Organization Requirements.

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Course Format

Includes the print textbook Sport First Aid. Please allow five to seven business days for delivery.

The new edition explains the latest CPR techniques from the American Heart Association; guidelines for the prevention, recognition, and treatment of concussion from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and guidelines for the prevention of dehydration and heat illness from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.

Beyond simply treating injuries and illnesses, Sport First Aid seeks to prevent them from occurring in the first place. Included are strategies for reducing athletes’ risk of injury or illness, such as establishing a school-based medical team, implementing preseason conditioning programs, creating safe playing environments, planning for weather emergencies, ensuring proper fitting and use of protective equipment, enforcing proper sport skills and safety rules, and developing a medical emergency plan.

The course features 60 minutes of video depicting various first-response scenarios; interactive activities and quizzes; sample forms, checklists, assessments, and safety plans that you can download and print; and a 75-question online test.

In addition, you receive a print copy of the fifth edition textbook Sport First Aid, written by Melinda Flegel.

With Sport First Aid, you will be prepared to make critical decisions and respond appropriately when faced with athletes’ injuries and illnesses.

The Sport First Aid course is used and recognized by more than 30 state high school associations and numerous school districts as meeting coaching education requirements. Sport First Aid, along with Coaching Principles and Coaching Technical and Tactical Skills courses, makes up the curriculum for the Human Kinetics Coach Education Bronze Level coaching certification program.

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